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10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Krakow, Poland

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Rynek Underground Cemetery

Rynek Underground

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

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Katedra Wawelska

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

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The Dragon's Den

Wawel Dragon's Den

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

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View from the edge of the quarry.

Liban Quarry

The unsettling remnants of a torn down movie set lies nearby the ruined location of the actual Płaszów Labor Camp.

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Collegium Maius

Collegium Maius

Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.

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Kościuszko Mound

Kościuszko Mound

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

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Aerial View with Plac Centralny at bottom center

Nowa Huta

This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.

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His immortal likeness

Aleja Elvisa Presleya

There are thousands of tributes and memorials to the King of Rock and Roll, but none quite like this one in a Kraków city park.

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